CURIOSITY OF CHILE

Despite its location in Polynesia (ie, one of the more distant Pacific Ocean in relation to South America), Easter Island is part of Chilean territory.Chile is part of the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a region surrounding the Pacific Ocean, subject to volcanism and earthquakes. In fact, the strongest earthquake ever recorded occurred in the land of Chile in 1960.Chile is one of the countries with the largest number of volcanoes within its territory. Between active and inactive, there are about 15 volcanoes in the country.The flag of Chile is almost identical to the U.S. the state of Texas.Brazilians can boast of having won five World Cups. But, unlike Chile, never had a Nobel Prize. Chile, by contrast, had the honor to win two Nobel prizes won by Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral.

Along with Brazil and Argentina, Chile was one of the Latin American countries that received immigrants from Europe. Over 90% of the local population has ancestors in Spain, Germany, Italy, UK, Portugal and other countries like France.The driest desert in the world is in Chile. Some scholars argue that an area of ​​the Atacama Desert has incredible 571 years without seeing a drop of rain. Another detail in the Atacama Desert: different temperatures can be 40 ° C on day 0 º C at night.The Atacama is one of the regions with the largest telescopes in the world. Many of the most important discoveries in astronomy were made through telescopes, such as La Silla. In 2011, open the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, which will have 64 antennas working together as a single giant telescope.The largest open pit mine in the world is Chuquicamata in Chile. This is a gigantic crater four kilometers long and 2 wide with a depth of 780 meters. She works 24 hours a day, and from there to 1,000 tons of copper ore per day.According to the Guinness Book (the famous book of records), the world's largest pool is in Chile. Located in the San Alfonso del Mar Resort, the pool is not less than 1 km long, 250 000 m3 of water and the swimming capacity of 6,000 standard backyard.Some of the world's finest wines produced in Chile.Chile was the only Latin American country to participate in the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. However, the first gold medal of the country only 108 years later in the city of Athens (Olympics 2004).The most popular sport in Chile is football. Even today the country participated in seven World Cups. There were 25 games in total, two against Brazil.Chile hosted the 1962 World Cup. The winner? Brazil. The Chileans were in third place.